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Com. v. Eisen

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 18, 2007
934 A.2d 691 (Pa. 2007)

Opinion

Nos. 609 610 WAL 2006.

October 18, 2007.

Petition Nos. 609 610 WAL 2006 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court.

Prior reports: 913 A.2d 940 and 913 A.2d 940.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 18th day of October, 2007, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Whether a second PCRA petition invoking the after-discovered evidence exception to the PCRA's one year filing requirement was filed "within 60 days of the date the claim could have been presented" under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9545 where the petition was filed within 60 days of the conclusion of Petitioner's federal habeas corpus proceedings and where the filing of the petition prior to the conclusion of the federal proceedings would have jeopardized the Petitioner's federal review of his then-existing habeas corpus claims and/or his after-discovered evidence claim.


Summaries of

Com. v. Eisen

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Oct 18, 2007
934 A.2d 691 (Pa. 2007)
Case details for

Com. v. Eisen

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. Eric EISEN, Petitioner

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Oct 18, 2007

Citations

934 A.2d 691 (Pa. 2007)
934 A.2d 691